Sentences with phrase «race engines for»

Élan Power has been the go - to company for race engines for many years working with four - cylinder Mazda MZR IMSA lites engines to powerful Trans - am, Dodge Viper, and Ferrari power - plants including class winners at Le Mans.

Also builds race engines for off - road trucks, Toyota Atlantic and Indy race cars.

As part of a broader desire to diversify the U.S. company's business base, Ilmor, Inc., entered the high - performance marine world in 2002, building race engines for the SuperCat Offshore Racing Series of the American Power Boat Association (APBA).

Colin Chapman once described the perfect race engine for his Formula 1 Lotus cars as one that would blow itself up as soon as his car took the checkered flag.

The conversion of this racing engine for road use and series production was entrusted to the engineer Aurelio Lampredi, who had previously designed several 4 - cylinder Ferrari engines.

The new engine cover and a rather small «Jota» logo mounted on the rear fascia were the only visible differences on the outside when comparing the Jota specs to the original Diablo SE30 model, but especially in the engine bay the real difference was visible, the famous V12 engine was tuned to nearly 600 Bhp by reprogramming the ECU electronic injection system, installing a pressure plate that required new gaskets for the intake plenums, lighter cranks and different cams... the result was a racing engine for road use.

Confidence in the new regs was so great that AMR felt able to develop Aston Martin's first purpose - built racing chassis and racing engine for more than 50 years.

Not exact matches

Trump's fundraising prowess is the engine of the Republican National Committee and a lifeline for every Republican planning to rely on the party for financial help during next year's congressional races.

For example, John Hunter and Joe finished fourth and fifth respectively at Daytona, yet their race winnings didn't even cover the team's engine bill.

The «Rookie» had been running in the top ten for the entire race and had led on multiple occasions until... you guessed it, his Honda engine blew.

Senna didn't really want to drive for McLaren in 1993 as he didn't think the car (with its underpowered Ford engine) was worthy of his talents, and instead of signing a contract for the whole year famously drove for the team on a race - by - race basis.

Toto Wolff has since confirmed the contrary, that Mercedes did use a quali - spec engine map for Q3, giving the team an advantage that won't be as much use in the race.

One potential benefit of starting at the back is that Vettel can now take on a whole load of new engine components and the penalties that go with them, thus avoiding potential grid drops for the remaining races.

It'd certainly be interesting if drivers were forced to use the same engine mode for qualifying and the race.

It's not like an engine penalty either (which is applied to the car rather than the driver) so Fernando Alonso won't have to serve it when he returns to F1 for the next race in Montreal.

The McLaren F1 GTR is most famous for winning the 1995 Le Mans race outright against the mighty prototypes, but it's also incredibly well - known for the monstrous noise from its BMW V12 engine (which was modified further for the Long Tail version, which is in the above video).

The team dropped the flat - 12 and switched to Cosworth engines for the rest of the season and Bertrand Gachot managed to escape pre-qualifying for a few races, though he never actually made the grid at all in 1990.

«Above all, Le Mans is an engine breaker,» Wyer said in his office 10 days before the race, as outside in the workshop mechanics were reassembling the three squat five - liter GT40s that would be racing in France, a third car having been added for the 24 Hours.

Therefore it is possible that if the Wankel's displacement were determined the way its supporters desire, a three - liter Wankel for Grand Prix racing might pump out 800 - 900 hp, while a conventional engine of equivalent size would be straining to produce 475 hp.

But Mederer sees no real future for rotary engines in major league racing until a factory gets involved.

As for creating a rotary engine for use in such ultra-exotic races as Indianapolis or Formula I, Rudolph Uhlenhaut, the now - retired chief engineer of the firm, is said to have told insiders of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Establishment that perhaps three years and $ 5 million would be necessary to develop a winning rotary - engine car for the annual 500 - mile race.

The engines have sung to him for too long — through 35 years and 200 major stock car racing wins and passage into blue - collar legend.

Horner wants a return to naturally - aspirated engines, purely for reasons of «pure racing» and drivers being able to make the difference, and surely not because Red Bull hasn't had much success in the turbo - hybrid era, oh no.

We're hoping it comes with an engine and the KERS system (that'd be pretty cool for a track day), but sadly the W04 up for sale isn't «race ready» or — more obviously — roadworthy.

2:50 p.m. — Ryan Hunter - Reay's Honda engine expired with 63 laps remaining, the first failure for the manufacturer on the afternoon following a rash of issues in the buildup to Sunday's race.

Busch had considered competing at Auto Club Speedway for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar season finale later this month but had missed the deadline to notify Chevrolet that the team would need an additional engine package for the race.

Sadly, for all the Dutch fans, it wasn't a great race for Verstappen, as he retired early on with an engine failure.

Following the announcement of Liberty's proposals for the 2021 season on Friday, Aston Martin President and CEO Andy Palmer tweeted that the proposed plans effectively tick all of the boxes Aston Martin needs to compete in the series as an engine manufacturer, rather than just a title sponsor to Red Bull Racing.

In qualifying itself Sato was second, the best ever by a Japanese driver, and in the race was fighting for a podium but a bit of classic Takuma over-exuberance left him without a front wing, and his engine popped soon afterwards.

Despite retiring from the race on lap 179 with engine failure, Fernando Alonso has still been named as Rookie of the Year for the 2017 Indy 500.

A 26 - foot boat really only needs a 250 - horsepower engine, but in order to race, lobstermen and women trick out boats of that size with 350 - 500 horsepower and open up their throttles for little more than pride.

As well as one car for DragonSpeed, two will also be run by the SMP Racing squad - although they'll have twin - turbo V6 AER engines, whilst DragonSpeed is going to run a naturally - aspirated V8 Gibson unit.

Unfortunately for Jenson Button that's exactly what happened at Monaco in 2010, and by the time McLaren had noticed it was too late - Button's engine overheated behind the safety car and he was out of the race.

These engines have been somewhat unpopular however, as fans have been turned off by the lack of noise and requirement for drivers to save fuel during certain parts of the races, which some think goes against the spirit of the sport.

It will be more attractive for other car and engine manufacturers to join F1, and for the fans it will be much better as you will have closer racing on track.

Both Verstappen and Alonso were out - for Max that's his fifth retirement in seven races and for Alonso... hey, at least he wasn't in the race long enough to be put out with engine failure, right?

The gaps at the front between Mercedes and the rest make it look somewhat ominous for tomorrow, but as always, Merc's magic engine mode tends to exaggerate the difference, so things could be pretty evenly matched in the race.

That left Phil Hill to lead home Richie Ginther and Willy Mairesse in a processional Ferrari one - two - three against an opposition comprised mainly of privateers and Formula 2 cars in what also proved to be the last win in a championship race for a front - engined car.

By requiring teams to install the horsepower - sapping restrictor - plates on its engines, NASCAR is hoping slower speeds will allow for drivers to better race side - by - side and increase passing.

It's like Xmas morning when you have asked father Christmas for a racing car with flashing lights and vrooming engine only to get itchy grey socks.

At the last race in Austria, McLaren and Honda debuted the Spec 3 engine and while Stoffel Vandoorne suffered very few issues, the same couldn't be said for Alonso.

With 21 races on the 2018 calendar that means that each engine will have to last for a whopping seven races, rather than the five races they do this season - quite a significant change

What concerns me is that we are now going to three engines for next year with more races.

McLaren is supposed to be bringing a sizeable update package for Bahrain, and with the team still learning about the Renault engine, Alonso thinks the team will be able to challenge Red Bull in the next few races.

The two - time F1 champion ran at the front for much of the race before his Honda engine blew with just 20 laps to go.

Rosberg endured racing demons in 2016 - when he beat Hamilton outright at places like Monza and Singapore, there was always seemingly another reason for this, be it engine conspiracy or dumb luck.

Wehrlein showed that he is a driver worth waiting for, outqualifying a Force India - Mercedes with a Sauber equipped with a 2016 engine and racing to 11th place, a country mile ahead of Marcus Ericsson

Everybody in commentary (Sky / BBC / C4) enjoyed the tired old «Fernando is faster than you» jokes as he got stuck behind the Williams of Felipe Massa for the rest of the race, but he did manage to stay in front of another Mercedes - engined car which was surely a result.

Now backed by Red Bull and heading to F1, Verstappen was relegated from pole to eleventh on the grid by one of three ten - place grid penalties for a single engine change in race two at Imola.

Their performance in the last few races is hard to measure, as Renault did not seem to put their best effort in the PUs for Toro Rosso knowing they will use Honda engines next year.